Lukol Directory: Society: Issues: Health: Mental Health

Crazy Therapies
Review of a guide to recognizing an incompetent, immoral or quack therapist.
http://www.skepdic.com/refuge/crazy.html

The Potential for Psychiatric Harm in Legal and Ethical Practices
A future book project to tell the stories of people harmed by the mental health system to make providers aware that they can often make problems worse.
http://www.psychiatricharm.com/

Justice In Mental Health Organization
Advocates for "justice in family, housing, employment and our social lives, with civil and legal rights as well."
http://hometown.aol.com/jimhofw/jimho.htm

Mind, Body and Society
Enquiry and research on the interplay between mind, body, and society. Includes sections on consciousness, psychosis, imagination, health, sickness, and death.
http://www.mind-body.info

The First Grrrl
She spent years championing the rights of the disabled and the forgotten. When she became the underdog in her own life, she struggled just as fiercely to save herself.
http://www.sealander.com/Grrrl.html

Essays on Psychology and Life
Includes "Giving Your Child Voice: The 3 Rules of Parenting" written by psychologist, Richard Grossman, Ph.D. Site also contains essays on other topics in psychology.
http://www.voicelessness.com/essay.html

Panic Disorder
Dr. Michael Menaster, a San Francisco psychiatrist, on "panic disorder"; symptoms, possible causes and treatments.
http://www.geocities.com/menaster/panic.ht...

The Future of Psychiatry
A research account into the logical status of theories used in psychiatry which concludes that psychiatry is not a science.
http://www.futurepsychiatry.com

National Association for Rights Protection and Advocacy
An organization opposed to psychiatric abuses and involuntary treatment.
http://www.narpa.org/

Lichtenstein Creative Media (LCM) - Voices of an Illness
An award-winning three-part radio series covering personal stories of clinical depression, manic-depression, and schizophrenia.
http://lcmedia.com/voices.htm

Alternative Mental Health
A resource page about alternatives to the traditional, medical model-based, mental health system.
http://nht_amhl1.blogspot.com/

As For The Sky, Falling
A book that combines a first-person account of life on a psychiatric ward with a critical analysis of the psychiatric system.
http://www.web.ca/~tslee

Till Death Do Us Part: The Marriage of Art and Madness
Graduate thesis exploring the relationship between art and madness.
http://www.annestahl.com/thesis/

Stepping into the Light
Fighting the Stigma of Mental Illness:a forum on mental illness, presenting accurate, up to date information
http://www.stigmaof.com

The Stigma of CineMania
Created to expose the role of the media in promoting the stigmas associated with mental illness.
http://www.cinemaniastigma.com/pages/1/ind...

KEN: Monthly Mental Health Activities and Events
The Knowledge Exchange Network promotes the mental health aspect of national health events and awareness days in its new monthly Highlights section.
http://www.mentalhealth.org/highlights/ind...

Simmons Longitudinal Study
A mental health study in the United States where a group of respondents have been followed since preschool in order to track their adaptation and development across their life span.
http://www.simmons.edu/gssw/sls/

Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
A research, training, and service organization dedicated to improving the lives of people who have psychiatric disabilities.
http://www.bu.edu/sarpsych/

The Thomas S. Szasz Cybercenter for Liberty and Responsibility
Advances the debate about Thomas S. Szasz's basic ideas and their practical applications.
http://www.szasz.com/

Report Psychiatric Abuse
Citizens' Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)Database of psychiatric crimes; form for reporting psychiatric abuses; video presentation.
http://www.psychcrime.org/

White Wreath Association Inc. - Action Against Suicide
A voluntary organization that advocates changes to the mental health system and also raises funds to build care centers.
http://www.whitewreath.com

Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology
Peter R. Breggin, M.D. founded The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP) as a nonprofit research and educational network 25 years ago and warns the media and the public about the potential dangers of drugs, electroshock, psychosurgery, and the biological theories of psychiatry.
http://www.breggin.com

The Battle for the Human Soul
Is there such a thing as mental illness?
http://www.idiom.com/~drjohn/review.html

Psychiatry Anti-Psychiatry Re-visited
David Coopers' discoveries in psychodynamics of Schizophrenia and his criticisms of psychiatry.
http://home.att.net/~esetz/

Soul Sadness
Information on depression disorders, suicide and suicides survivors, links to experience and learning sites, personal experiences, forums.
http://www.geocities.com/lafnalot/soul_sad...

Interview with Bryant Welch, JD, PhD
Risk management issues for mental health professionals.
http://www.athealth.com/Practitioner/Bryan...

Mental Illness Education Project: Fighting Stigma
The social stigma of mental illness makes it harder for those affected to cope with and accept the illness, undermines treatment and recovery, and exacerbates the problems of family members who participate in care. Stigma also diminishes the support given to the professionals who endeavor to provide that care.
http://www.miepvideos.org/mentalhealth/ant...

Abuse in Psychotherapy
Site to raise consciousness and provide support for patients/clients who are, or have been, verbally and emotionally abuse by psychotherapists - includes checklists and discussion.
http://www.witness.com.au

Therapy Abuse
A site for survivors of therapy abuse and supportive others.
http://therapy-abuse.healthyplace2.com/

Support Groups Chats For Mental Health
Information and communities for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other metal conditions. Includes news, editorials and chat.
http://www.support4hope.com/Support_Groups...

Alternative Mental Health.com
Alternative Mental Health.com is a guide to alternative mental health(non-psychiatric, health-oriented). The site features a directory of practitioners, organizations and experts from several countries.
http://www.alternativementalhealth.com

Sub Topics:
Legal Information
Policy and Advocacy
Medication
Personal Stories
Involuntary Commitment
Psychosurgery
ECT - Electroconvulsive Therapy
Anti-Psychiatry Organizations
Use of Restraints
Substance Abuse
Memory Controversies
Articles


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